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(No Model.)

J. J AGOBS. YARD PROTECTOR.

No. 511,701. Patented' Dec. 26,1893.

Uivrrso States PATENT Fries,

JACOB JACOBS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

YARD= PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,701, dated December26, 1893. ApplicationfiledJ'nne 9,1893. Serial No. 477,092. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: rotation and have each one side that is madeBe it known that I, JACOB JACOBS, a citiheavier than its opposite sideso as to cause zen ofthe United States, residingat New York, said platesto maintain, normally, substan in the county of New York, and in theState of tially vertical positions. New York, haveinvented certainnewand use- When constructed as described and secured ful Improvementsin Yard-Protectors; and I ,upon the top of a fence, the device furnishesdo herebydeclare that the following is a full, an effective means forpreventing small aniclear,and exact description thereof, reference malsfrom climbing over or securing a footbeing had to the accompanyingdrawings, in hold upon the same and, in addition thereto 50 which formsan ornamental finish for the top of such Figure l is a perspective viewof my device fence. in position upon afcnce,and Fig. 2 is a cross Havingthus described my invention, what section of the same. I claim is-Letters of like name and kind refer to like 1. As an improvement inmechanism for 55 parts in each of the figures. protecting a yard, adevice which consists of My invention relates to devices for use in acap shaped to fit over and besecured to the preventing cats and otherlike animals from top of the fence, and having arms united to passingover or standing upon the top of a and projecting upward from it, a rodsupt'cnce, and my said invention consists in the ported by said arms,and a number of short 20 construction and combination of parts,subplates journaled independently of each other stantially as and forthe purpose hereinafter 011 said rod, between the arms, and havingspecified. toothed or serrated edges, substantially as In the carryingof my invention into pracand for the purpose specified.tice,lemployarailAwhichis,preferably,con- 2. As an improvement inmechanism for 25 structed from sheet metal and has such trans protectinga yard, a device which consists of verse form as to adapt it to fit overthe top of a cap that is adapted to be secured upon and a fence B andform a cap for the same. At over the top of a fence, and a series ofshort suitable points along the rail A there are plates which areindependently journale d provided arms a which project upward and uponand supported above such cap and have '70 0 within their upper endsreceive and contain toothed or serrated edges and are weighted at a rodC that is arranged parallel with said their lower ends to cause them tohave, norrail and is secured against longitudinal dismally, verticalpositions, substantially as and placement, in any suitable manner. forthe purpose shown.

Upon the rod 0 is journaled a series of In testimony that I claim theforegoing I 5 short metal plates D and D that have such have hereuntoset my hand this 1st day of length as to enable them to revolve withoutMay, 1893. contact with the rail A and upon their edges are providedwith spurs or teeth cl and d simi- JACOB JACOBS lar to the teeth of asaw. Said plates are Vitnesses: 4o separated by washers E and E, orequivalent FRANKLIN LYNCH, means, so that each is capable of independentGEO. W. Tron.

